Lord Warner: The independent advisory Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE), which was established in 1985 in response to the final recommendation of the Black report (1984), has undertaken and published a number of studies on the incidence of cancer in populations in the neighbourhood of nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom. Details of all COMARE's publications are available on its website at www.comare.org.uk.
	In 2005, COMARE published its 10th report, which reviewed earlier evidence and presented new data relating to childhood cancers around nuclear installations in Great Britain. By doing this, it has attempted to see if the claims of an excess of childhood cancer around some specific nuclear installations are a regular feature of the majority of the largest nuclear sites in Great Britain.
	The peer-reviewed report concluded that there was no evidence of excess numbers of cases in any local 25 kilometre area around nuclear power stations, which would include either primary exposure to radioactive discharges or secondary exposure from resuspended material. This report puts various allegations of other cancer clusters around nuclear installations into context.
	It is important to understand that the evidence that COMARE reviews is peer reviewed to ensure the scientific reliability of the collection and presentational methodologies of data. There are other reports on this subject that are not peer reviewed.
	Children are expected to be the most sensitive members of the population as regards exposure to carcinogenic agents such as ionising radiation, so no excesses would be expected in the adult population. Cancer incidence data are held by cancer registries and are protected by the Data Protection Act. These bodies will only release anonymised data to researchers who have submitted research proposals via the proper ethical committees and received the relevant approval.

Lord Davies of Oldham: The main requirements for athletes' transport for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are specified by the International Olympic Committee. In line with these requirements, it is expected that most of their transport will be by road, using a dedicated vehicle fleet. However, the candidature file presented to the International Olympic Committee in November 2004 stated that athletes and other members of the Olympic family would also benefit from free use of London's extensive public transport network during the period of the games.

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: The difference arises because the department, and other departments that use the Post Office card account, fund the Post Office in full for all the card account services. The only cost that the department incurs to pay into existing bank accounts is the cost of transmitting the payment instruction to the bank.

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: The review of the financial assistance scheme will be carried out by a team of officials appointed by the Minister for Pensions Reform. Their findings will be published in due course once this review is completed. The review is due to report before the summer Recess.

Lord Bassam of Brighton: My right honourable friend the Prime Minister has meetings with the First Minister on a regular basis, to discuss matters of mutual interest.